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Lauren Kiino of Il Cane Rosso is headed to 303 Second Street – in the former Maya space, and then some.

About 18 months ago, Kiino gained full control of Il Cane Rosso from former partner Daniel Patterson, who opted to concentrate on Coi and his Oakland restaurant. She’s keeping her popular Ferry Building outpost, and now she’s branching out to a new project, appropriately named Red Dog.

Red Dog will be a restaurant and bar in half of the SoMa space that previously housed Maya, which closed a year ago.

“It will be casual, but still with good service,” says Kiino of her new restaurant concept. “It’s inspired by farmhouse cooking, with influences from rustic dishes that they’d have in France, Italy, Americana.”

“We’re trying to be a gathering spot for people who work there and live in the neighborhood,” she adds.

Some of the dishes Kiino is thinking about: her take on a Hangtown fry, warm lentil and chanterelle salad, and new plays on bar snacks like deviled ham Scotch eggs or a smoked mackerel pate. All in all, it’s an opportunity to take what Il Cane Rosso has been doing, and expand it, she says.

The vibe will be bustling, with a clean, modern design by local architecture firm Martinkovic Milford. With a full liquor license expected, there will be roughly 25 seats at the bar and 75 in the dining room.

There will also be a cafe and grab-and-go portion in an adjacent space, a former Tully’s. Named Fearless, it will be for locals on the go.

“The cafe will be for the workers in the area, with quick, high-quality coffee,” she says. Mornings will see coffee, breakfast sandwiches, yogurt parfaits, housemade pastries and so on. During lunch, they’ll offer grab-and-go sandwiches and salads.

“I’ve been looking [for a space] for a year and half,” says Kiino. “Location wise, it seemed there was a need for good food and drink in that neighborhood.”